Re: Is Paul referring to farts?

On 30 Apr, 13:44, Fattuchus <fattuc...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Apr 30, 7:34 am, JohnB <johnbo...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



On 30 Apr, 13:32, Fattuchus <fattuc...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Apr 29, 10:40 pm, steve@[127.0.0.1] (Stephen X. Carter) wrote:

On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:06:56 -0700 (PDT), tysteel <tysteel3...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
On Apr 29, 5:47 pm, BLACKPOOLJIMMY <Blackpoolji...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
"A significant reduction in emissions can be brought about through
changes in diet. The single most effective act is to become
vegetarian
or reduce meat consumptoin.

That is the most ridiculous excuse I've heard anyone use to go
vegetarian.

It's true. Go check it out.

How does consumption of veggies and refusal to eat meat help as far as
greenhouse gasses?

Have you *any* idea how much a cow farts???- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Er, no. But I do know that when there are big farms raising thousands
of heads of cattle, there is a problem with their manure.

However, I still don't see Paul's point. If people eat lots of
veggies, people will fart as much or more than the cows.

If you seriously want to know, then I believe there is research out
there that shows the benefits of a world-wide veggie diet in terms of
efficiency of land use. I don't know if anyone has ever tried to
measure the total amount of methane that would be farted into the
atmosphere one way or the other but I wouldn't be surprised. I'd be
interested to know how it would be measured :-) If they can gather it
to measure it, can't they gather it to use as a fuel gas?

Personally, I don't eat meat but I'm not a vegetarian and I don't
preach about it. As a world-changing policy, it's never going to work.
It's ok if you cut out meat if you have a good balanced diet but if
your available food supplies are limited, you risk some kind of
malnutrition.
.

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